1827 marriage LAURIE-FENWICKE

[johking]

This is possibly a wild goose chase...

I know that Capt John LAURIE (Madras Army) m Catherine FENWICK(E) 1st May 1827.

They were both Scottish by birth but no record to be found there.

John Laurie was in Bristol in 1828. So perhaps the marriage took place there? Is there any resource that can be quickly scanned to see if there was such a marriage in Bristol for that time? (I would hate anyone to spend ages on a tenuous link).

Many thanks in advance

Jo

[pritch19]

Hi

No marriage recorded for this couple in the 1813 - 1837 Marriage Index for the Diocese of Bristol.


pritch

[johking]

Many thanks.

Hope it didn't take long to find that out.

If it didn't, could you possibly see if there any other marriages for a John Laurie around that time? (in case I am barking up the wrong tree with the Madras Army link)

Jo

[pritch19]

No problem, the index doesn't take long to search.

There is no John Laurie marriage recorded in the Bristol Diocese at all.

I looked for the alternative spellings Lawry and Lawrie and the only entry was:

John Lawry (otp) to Mary Williams (otp) on 17/12/1827 in the parish of St. John by Banns.


pritch   

[johking]

Thanks very much indeed.

It looks like the marrriage occurred away from Bristol then.

On with the search!

Jo

[Spider 24]

Is this a John Laurie that retired as a Major General in H M Madras Army???

Thanks,

Geoffrey Clark.

[Milliepede]

Found it - marriage place Jaulnah Madras India.

[Mike Walker]

Hi Jo

If you're still looking for the marriage of John Laurie and Catherine Fenwicke, the following might interest you:

The marriage:
https://www.google.de/books/edition/The_Oriental_Herald_and_Journal_of_Gener/f-xJAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Laurie+Fenwicke+Marriages+1827&pg=PA566&printsec=frontcover

Catherine herself was born in Edinburgh

Birth of a son:
https://www.google.de/books/edition/The_Asiatic_Journal/AZw3AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Major+Laurie%22&pg=RA1-PA148&printsec=frontcover

More Laurie infor:
https://www.batharchives.co.uk/sites/www.bathvenues.co.uk/files/2022-07/CHR%2520Memorials.pdf

I also found this, but I am not convinced this is the same chap:
https://www.google.de/books/edition/Asiatic_Journal_and_Monthly_Register_for/zCsoAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Surat+Laurie+daughter+1833+%22Asiatic+Journal%22&pg=RA2-PA247&printsec=frontcover

Any thoughts?

Mike